List of churches on Rügen

There are 46 church buildings on the island of Rügen , including 39 Protestant, three New Apostolic and four Catholic churches. The Protestant parishes on Rügen belong to the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District of the Northern Church. The Rügen Roman Catholic parish , the northernmost of the Archdiocese of Berlin , has its seat in the St. Bonifatius Church in Bergen on Rügen .

The oldest churches on Rügen date from the 12th century. The most recent church buildings were built in the 20th century to meet the increased demand from the emerging spa industry.

Overview map

List of churches

In a number of cases it is difficult to give precise details of the construction time, as the churches have often been redesigned and expanded. The decisive factor is the construction phase in which the building was given its present shape. First mentions usually only give a terminus ante quem , which only states when a building must have already existed, but not how long at that point in time. Sometimes it is also unclear whether a mention refers to the current building or to a previous building.

The churches marked in bold in the table are the parish churches of the respective parishes .

place	Parish	church	Main construction time	particularities	Illustration
Altefähr	Altefähr	St. Nicholas Church	15th century	precious wall paintings from the 15th century
Altenkirchen	North Ruegen	Parish church Altenkirchen	1168	One of the oldest churches on the island
Baabe	Mönchgut-Sellin	Baabe village church	1929	one of the youngest church buildings on Rügen
Mountains on Rügen	St. Boniface (Bergen)	St. Boniface Church	1912	Catholic parish church
Mountains on Rügen	Mountains	St. Mary's Church	1193	One of the oldest churches on the island
Mountains on Rügen	Bergen municipality on Rügen			New Apostolic Church	tore off
Bessin	Rambin	Chapel "To the Holy Cross" Bessin	1482	chapel
Binz	Binz	Binz village church	1913	Chapel, built 1911–1913 in neo-Gothic style
Binz	St. Boniface (Bergen)	Stella Maris	1925	Catholic branch church
Binz	Binz municipality on Rügen		20th century	New Apostolic Church
Bobbin	North Ruegen	St. Pauli Church	1400	Pilgrimage church
Boldevitz	Mountains	Castle chapel	1839	Classicist chapel (1839) in which weddings are held.
Garz / Rügen	Garz	St. Peter's Church	1400	granite baptismal font probably older than the church
Garz / Rügen	St. Boniface (Bergen)	Sacred Heart Church	1913	Catholic branch church
Went	Went	St. Jacob Church	14th Century	Baroque organ
Glowe	North Ruegen	St. Birgitta Glowe	1982	built in the style of a Finnhütte
Goehren	Mönchgut-Sellin	Göhren village church	1930
Big Zicker	Mönchgut-Sellin	Groß Zicker village church	1400	Oldest building on Mönchgut
Gustow	Poseritz	Gustow village church	13th Century	Carved groups from the 15th century
Kasnevitz	Putbus	St. Jacobi Church	2nd half of the 14th century
Lancken-Granitz	Binz	St. Andrew's Church	15th century	Ceiling paintings from the 15th century
Landow	Velvet	Landow village church	1312	probably the oldest half-timbered church in Central Europe
Middelhagen	Mönchgut-Sellin	Church of St. Catherine	1455
Neuenkirchen	Neuenkirchen	Maria Magdalenen Church	14./15. century	Bell from 1367
Snappy	Schaprode	St. Margarethen Church	1500	Gothic hall church, baptismal font made of granite was built around 1250
Poseritz	Poseritz	St. Mary's Church	1325	medieval altar with crucifixion group
Putbus	Putbus	Christ Church	1845	late classical church with a basilical cross-section
Ralswiek	Mountains	Ralswiek wooden chapel	1907	Swedish wooden church, first location was Stockholm
Rambin	Rambin	St. John's Church	1300	Baptismal font from the 13th century, one of the oldest churches on the island
Rappin	Neuenkirchen	St. Andrew's Church	1305	Baptismal font from the second half of the 13th century
Sagard	Sassnitz	St. Michael Church	1210	second oldest and largest baroque organ on Rügen
Velvet	Velvet	Samtens Church	15th century	Brick church, interior rebuilt in the Baroque style
Sassnitz	Sassnitz	St. John's Church	1883	asymmetrical, neo-Gothic church
Sassnitz	Sassnitz municipality on Rügen			New Apostolic Church	closed
Schaprode	Schaprode	St. John's Church	15th century	Pilgrimage church, previous building from the 12th century
Sehlen	Garz	Thanksgiving Church	1866
Sellin	Mönchgut-Sellin	Mercy Church	1912	Grüneberg organ
Sellin	St. Boniface (Bergen)	Maria sea star	1912	Catholic branch church
Swantow	Poseritz	St. Stephen Church	15th century	Mixed construction of field and brick
Thiessow	Mönchgut-Sellin	Jesus Victory Chapel
Trent	Schaprode	Church of St. Catherine	15th century	Gothic three-aisled church with a baroque carved altar
Vilmnitz	Putbus	Maria Magdalena Church	13th Century
Vitt	North Ruegen	Vitter chapel	1816	octagonal construction
As K	As K	St. George Church	15th century	Gothic brick church with a wooden equestrian statue "Knight George on Horseback" (around 1500)
Zirkow	Binz	St. John's Church	15th century	Brick church with pulpit altar, confessionals and baptismal angels from the first half of the 18th century
Zudar	Garz	St. Lawrence Church	1318	Pilgrimage church